Family tree Weening » Brugt Veenstra (1917-1987)
Personal data Brugt Veenstra
- He was born on September 3, 1917 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- He died on October 20, 1987 in -, he was 70 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
- A child of Gooitzen Veenstra and Rinskje Kunst
- This information was last updated on July 13, 2026.
Household of Brugt Veenstra
He is married to Tiete van der Wal.
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Historical events
Birthday September 3, 1917
- The temperature on September 3, 1917 was between 7.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Day of death October 20, 1987
- The temperature on October 20, 1987 was between 9.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
- May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
- June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
- June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
- July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
- October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
- October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
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